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From: north@Apple.COM (Donald N. North)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Apple memory upgrade backlog
Message-ID: <7648@apple.Apple.Com>
Date: 11 Mar 88 01:08:29 GMT
References: <793@entropy.ms.washington.edu>
Reply-To: north@apple.UUCP (Donald N. North)
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Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.
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Keywords: A questionnaire.  How long? How long?

In article <793@entropy.ms.washington.edu> king@entropy.ms.washington.edu (Jim King) writes:
>I am curious to learn how long people have been having to wait to get
>memory upgrades from Apple.  I ordered a 2 meg memory upgrade for my Mac+ 
>through my University in October and I am still waiting.
Our mistake was that we lowered the price; we caused demand to skyrocket!

>I understand that there really is a SIMM shortage, so I have a certain
>amount of sympathy for Apple's position, but I also have the feeling
>that there are a lot of megabit SIMMs being shipped with AUX machines.
Wrong; see below.

>I wonder if Apple has thought about the fact that the people they are
>trying to impress by shipping AUX may be the same people who are
>waiting for memory upgrades for lowly Mac Plusses.  Now we segue into
>that classic flame--why doesn't Apple reward its old supporters by . .
Reward how? Lowest serial number wins?  Everybody is 'on allocation'.

Hey guys, don't blame us for this one!  Send your nasty letters to
your congressman / favorite government official who voted in support
of the 'fair market value' / production limitation by the Japanese
DRAM vendors, so that the US industry (can you name one?) suppliers
would have a chance.

However, my understanding is that all of our larger SIMMs (1MB) are
going out in *upgrade* kits (not inside A/UX Mac2 boxes), so that
everyone has a 'fair shot' at more memory.  The demand, however, is
significantly greater than the current supply - it's an industry-wide
problem.  Blame all the Sun user's who cram 16MB in *each* box... :-)